2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/acpigen.c b/src/arch/x86/acpigen.c
index a612149ef2..f274ea2177 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/acpigen.c
+++ b/src/arch/x86/acpigen.c
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ void acpigen_write_name_qword(const char *name, uint64_t val)
 	acpigen_write_qword(val);
 }
 
+void acpigen_write_name_string(const char *name, const char *string)
+{
+	acpigen_write_name(name);
+	acpigen_write_string(string);
+}
+
 void acpigen_emit_stream(const char *data, int size)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -149,6 +155,18 @@ void acpigen_emit_stream(const char *data, int size)
 	}
 }
 
+void acpigen_emit_string(const char *string)
+{
+	acpigen_emit_stream(string, string ? 0 : strlen(string));
+	acpigen_emit_byte('\0'); /* NUL */
+}
+
+void acpigen_write_string(const char *string)
+{
+	acpigen_emit_byte(0x0d);
+	acpigen_emit_string(string);
+}
+
 /*
  * The naming conventions for ACPI namespace names are a bit tricky as
  * each element has to be 4 chars wide (»All names are a fixed 32 bits.«)
diff --git a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/acpigen.h b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/acpigen.h
index 9323475dfd..f718f51b25 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/acpigen.h
+++ b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/acpigen.h
@@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ void acpigen_emit_byte(unsigned char data);
 void acpigen_emit_word(unsigned int data);
 void acpigen_emit_dword(unsigned int data);
 void acpigen_emit_stream(const char *data, int size);
+void acpigen_emit_string(const char *string);
 void acpigen_emit_namestring(const char *namepath);
 void acpigen_emit_eisaid(const char *eisaid);
 void acpigen_write_word(unsigned int data);
 void acpigen_write_dword(unsigned int data);
 void acpigen_write_qword(uint64_t data);
+void acpigen_write_string(const char *string);
 void acpigen_write_name(const char *name);
+void acpigen_write_name_string(const char *name, const char *string);
 void acpigen_write_name_dword(const char *name, uint32_t val);
 void acpigen_write_name_qword(const char *name, uint64_t val);
 void acpigen_write_name_byte(const char *name, uint8_t val);